Crime and Prisons
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Atlanta Police Dept.
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Who ya gonna call? |
Bureau of Justice
Statistics
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- Official data on crimes, prisons, etc.
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Criminal
Justice Page
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- Entry point to almost every crime-related agency, organization and
database there is.
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National Criminal Justice
Reference Page
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- Some statistics and studies not covered by the BJS page above.
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RAND
research reports and abstracts
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- Lots of crime- and justice-related research findings here.
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CopNet
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- An international listing of sites useful to our men and women in blue
(or whatever color).
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Police Officers' Internet Directory |
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More useful sites. |
Militias/Hate Groups |
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Maintained by HateWatch, "...an organization that monitors the
growing and evolving threat of hate group activity on the Internet." |
Prison Legal
News |
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Monthly newsletter published by prisoners in Washington state, with
articles about prison and legal issues. |
Law and Legal Resources
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Find a lawyer
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- Use West's Legal Directory to locate a lawyer by name, location, or
many other criteria.
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The Experts Directory
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- Legal experts by subject and jurisdiction. Includes expert's name,
phone, email.
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Atlanta Bar Association |
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Your homegrown guide to all things juridical including their membership
directory. |
Fulton County Daily Report |
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Fulton County Daily Report articles from Feb. '96 forward are available
on Nexis, call News Research for help. |
Legal Information Institute |
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From Cornell, here's the real treasure trove of legal knowledge: Supreme
Court decisions, detailed discussions of legal issues in dozens of categories,
even e-mail addresses of faculty at U.S. law schools. Also features up-to-date
material on legal issues in the news. |
Guide
to Legal Resources on the Net |
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An exhaustive listing of organizations, documents and libraries with materials
relating in some way to law. |
Courts & Codes
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Federal Court
Opinions
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- Access federal circuit court of appeals opinions or link directly to
U.S. Supreme
Court opinions, or U.S.
Eleventh Circuit decisions (the federal court of appeals circuit for
Georgia). U.S. District Court decisions are available on Lexis and the
court dockets are available on Pacer. Call News Research for help.
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State Court
Locator
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- Links to every state court in the U.S. with a website.
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Georgia
Supreme Court
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- Case summaries, Justices' bios, court rules for Supremes and Courts
of Appeals, history of the court.
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Gwinnett
Judicial Circuit
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- Court calendar and directory info for the Gwinnett County Court System.
No information on lawsuits, but civil suits filed in Gwinnett Superior
Court are available on Information America. Call News Research for help.
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U.S. Code
On-line
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- Access the complete U.S. Code by section or by full-text search.
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U.S.
Tax Code On-line
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- Access the complete U.S. Tax Code by section or by full-text search.
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U.S.
Immigration and Nationality Act
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- Access the complete immigration code by section or by full-text search.
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Georgia General
Assembly
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- Full text of laws passed or being considered by the state legislature,
FREE. NOTE: The Official
Code of Georgia Annotated can be found here, also free, as well as
in News Research, the call number is 348.758 C65. There are 2 services
on this site that require a password, call NRS for help.
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Georgia
Constitution
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- The text is searchable.
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Specialized Law Resources
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Advertising
Law Internet Site
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- Information and discussion about laws dealing with advertising in the
United States.
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